#74c5cc

Color #74c5cc

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 13.61 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#74c5cc

RGB

rgb(116, 197, 204)

HSL

hsl(184.8, 46.3%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.8, 43.1%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.1%, 3.4%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(74.83, -22.94, -11.26)

LCH

lch(74.83, 25.55, 206.14)

OKLCH

oklch(77.4%, 0.08, 202.81)

HWB

hwb(184.8, 45.5%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cc7b74

Analogous

#74cca7

#74c5cc

#7499cc

Triadic

#74c5cc

#cc74c5

#c5cc74

Split-complementary

#74c5cc

#cc7499

#cca774

Tetradic

#74c5cc

#7b74cc

#cc7b74

#c5cc74

Square

#74c5cc

#a774cc

#cc7b74

#99cc74

Shades

Color #74c5cc mixed toward black.

#4db5be

#39949c

#2b6f75

#1d4a4e

#0e2527

Tints

Color #74c5cc mixed toward white.

#8bcfd4

#a2d8dd

#b9e2e5

#d1ecee

#e8f5f6

Tones

Color #74c5cc mixed toward gray.

#7bbfc5

#83b9bd

#8ab2b6

#91acaf

#99a6a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9eca · ΔE 26.1

Deuteranopia

#9993ca · ΔE 28.1

Tritanopia

#7ac9c9 · ΔE 2.9

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 19.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74c5cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74c5cc]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#74c5cc (#74c5cc) is rgb(116, 197, 204) in RGB.

No, #74c5cc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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